Combined foot-rest and shelf for radiators.



PATENTED SEPT. 26, 1905.

F. H. MAXAM. COMBINED FOOT REST AND SHELF FOR RADIATORS.

APPLICATION FILED MAY18.1905.

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COMBINED FOOT-REST AND SHELF FOR RADIATORS- Specification of LettersPatent.

Patented Sept. 26, 1905.

Application filed May 18,1905. Serial No. 260,979.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, FRANKLIN H. MAxAM, a citizen of the United States,residing at Princeton, in the county of Gibson and State of Indiana,have invented certain new and useful Improvements in aOombined Foot-Restand Shelf for Radiators; and I do declare the following to be a full,clear, and exact description of the invention, such as will enableothers skilled in the art to which it appertains to make and use thesame.

This invention relates to combined footrests and shelves for radiators;and one of the principal objects of the same is to-provide a device ofthis character which shall be of simple construction, which shall beinexpensive to manufacture, and which shall be capable of adjustment toradiators of difierent types.

Another object is to provide a foot-rest for radiators with means forreadily converting the foot-rest into a shelf or rack for clothes orother articles to be dried or warmed.

Still another object is to provide means for readily adjusting thefoot-rest laterally outward from the radiator to suit difierentconditions in use.

These and other objects are attained by means of the constructionillustrated in the accompanying drawings, in which- Figure 1 is aperspective View of a radiator of ordinary construction and showing mycombined foot-rest and shelf suspended therefrom and adjusted relativelythereto by means of a chain. Fig. 2 is a similar view of the same withthe shelf in position to serve as a footrest, and Fig. 3 is a similarView of the invention when used without the shelf.

Referring to the drawings for a more particular description of myinvention, the numeral 1 in Figs. 1 and 2 designates a radiator, and 2designates the loops or coils of the I same, said loops or coils beingconnected by a may be adjusted laterally in the tubular por-. tion 10 inorder that the foot-rest may be adapted for radiators of differentstructures.

The shelf 11 is pivotally connected to the ends of the foot-rest frameor members in order that it may be swung to the position shown in Fig. 1to serve as a suitable shelf or support for clothes or other articles tobe dried or warmed near the radiator. hen it is desired to use the shelfas a foot-rest, it may be swung into the position shown in Fig. 2.

A chain 12, provided with rings 13, one at each end, is connected to themembers 4 and 5, the hooks at the upper ends thereof being passedthrough therings and said chain being adapted to bear against the loopsor coils of the radiator to hold the foot-rest at any required distancefrom the radiator by moving the chain up or down upon the members 4 5,as will be understood.

From the foregoing it will be understood that my combined foot-rest andshelf may be extended to accommodate itself to radiators of differentpatterns, that the same may be adjusted relatively to the radiator, andthat j the swinging shelf may be thrownv upward to form a convenientclothes-rack or support for drying clothes or other articles and may beswung downward readilyin position to serve as a foot-rest. It will beunderstood that the two members 4 and 5 may be adjusted laterally withinthe tubular portion 10.

WVhen it is desired, the shelf portion may be omitted and the members 45 may then be connected by a plain metal tube, as shown in Fig. 3.

Various changes in the form, proportion, and the minor details ofconstruction may be resorted to without departing from the principle orsacrificing any of the advantages of this invention.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim as new, and desire tosecure by Letters Patent, is

1. A foot-rest and hanger for radiators comprising two members adaptedto be supported from a radiator, a tubular portion connecting the twomembers and a shelf connected to said tubular portion and adapted to beadjusted to serve as a shelf or hanger and as a foot-rest, substantiallyas described.

2. A foot-rest and shelf for radiators, comprising two members suspendedfrom the radiator and provided with a foot-rest and a chain connectingthe two members and ad justable vertically on said members to move thefoot-rest relatively to the radiator, substantially as described.

. 3. A combined foot-rest and hanger for ra- In testimony whereof I havehereunto set my hand in presence of tWo subscribing Wit- IO nesses.

FRANKLIN H. MAXAM.

\Vitnesses:

A. (J. CLIFFORD, DAVID R. CALHOUN.

